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i Beit known that I, JAMES K.,MARTIN, of the cityof Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinoii have invented a new. and useful device, which I call a Combination Clutch for I-Ioisting Hogs,V for slaughterhousesyand I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the. accompanying drawings, making part-of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 represents the clutch in front, and Figure 2 the side'view of the clutch proper.-

' The object of my invention is to provide easy means for slaughter-houses to catch the hogs by the foot and suspend them in the air before they are killed, thus having the hog-under control, and preventing any accident tothe working-men, at the .same time keeping clean the hogs when killed, and having them thoroughly bled, the last thingbeing very beneficial to the meat To enable others skilled inthe art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

My device consists-of a heavy iron bar, A, the top of which is bent shoe-like, for the purpose of forming 'a support for iianged roller iB, and a place for-an eyelet, C, xed cna-swivel, so that it can turn around, said cye having the object of taking thc rope in', on which the whole device can be-suspended. lThe bottom end of the bar A. is bent at a. right angle, and forms a foundation for the swivel double eyelet D, on which the clutch E is suspended by means of chains, F. There is a handle,` G, welded to the 'bar A, to support the device with hand. The clutch E itself` -consists of two bent levers, H H, connected by the pin K The -upper ends of these levers'have eyes for the links of the chains to pass through, while their other ends are bent in suchway as to form a clutch for the hogs foot, these endscoming one over the other, so as to tit a hogs foot of any size.`

- The inside surface of the clutch is made rough, to produce a better hold. The shape of the clutch, when looked on from aside, has a curved shape, as o nig. 2, for the purpose, when put on the hogs foot, to keep the device olf the body of the hog, and to prevent the breaking of the leg,as would have. been the case `with a straight clutchl' The chains FF may be replaced by one-link bars or two-link bars. The device may bc made of wrought or malleable'iron, orof both combined.

The operation consists in thefollowing: There being two 'iron tracks, slightly slanting in opposite direc= tions, suspended on supports in the slaughter-house, withtheir ends coming over a hog-pon, one of which tracks is called a return-track, and theother a hanging-track, the device is suspended on the return-track, its roller, B, lying on the track. After the pen is lled with hogs, the device is thrown oif the track.; a workman seizes the handle G with one hand, and grasping the clutch E with the other, applies theclutch to a hogs foot, hold= ing the concave side of thc same upwards, then the ropeis pulled up, the roller B placed on the hanging-track, the hog suspended by the foot and shoved back, stuck with a knife, transferred to the tub, and token down.

With this device thc slaughtering operation goes much quicker than in the usual way, and there is no dangei to workmen of being hurt by the hogs.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is I The concave-shaped clutch E, as described, suspended on chains or bars, as specified, in combination withbar A and itsy appendages, (roller, handle, and eyelet,) the whole constructed and operating substantially as herein described and specified.

JAMES K. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

Jus. It. IIAYDEN, J. B. Toucam. 

